Catharine R. Stimpson

Catharine R. Stimpson "became dean of New York University's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences in January 1998 after directing the MacArthur Foundation Fellows program for four years. At Rutgers she spent seven years, first as a professor and director of the Institute for Research on Women, then as dean of the graduate school and vice provost for graduate education. Stimpson is a former president of the Modern Language Association, former chair of the New York State Humanities Council and the National Council for Research on Women, and former president of the Association of Graduate Schools. She authored a novel, books on feminism and the work of Gertrude Stein, and over 150 monographs, essays, stories and reviews in The Nation, The New York Times Book Review, et al. Stimpson earned her Ph.D. at Columbia University and received Fulbright and Rockefeller Humanities Fellowships." 


 * Director, Humanity In Action
 * Trustee, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
 * Trustee, The Nation Institute
 * Advisory Council, Global Kids
 * Former Director, MacArthur Fellowship Program